Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit Fight the Future

I might be one of the few people who, upon finding out that Billy Connolly is going to be in a movie, yells “Sweet!” But I did it for the new X-Files movie. Hollywood Reporter says he, Xzibit and Studio 60’s charming Amanda Peet will be joining Mulder and Scully in the new Chris Carter film.

Sources said Xzibit and Peet will play fellow FBI agents to David Duchovny’s Mulder and Gillian Anderson’s Scully in the supernatural thriller with a stand-alone story, not a sequel or continuation of the hit 1998 feature adaptation. Citing a policy of secrecy surrounding the plot line, Fox would not confirm any details regarding the three actors’ roles.